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An Effective and Safe Novel Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Unilateral Transcranial Photobiomodulation

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: The opioid epidemic is a global tragedy even with current treatments, and a novel, safe, and effective treatment would be welcomed. We report here our findings from our second randomized controlled trial to evaluate unilateral transcranial ...
Fredric Schiffer   +9 more
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Prevalence and determinants of opioid use disorder among long-term opiate users in Golestan Cohort Study

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Number of opiate users worldwide has doubled over the past decade, but not all of them are diagnosed with opioid use disorder. We aimed to identify the prevalence and risk factors for OUD after ten years of follow-up.
Saba Alvand   +12 more
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Big data and predictive modelling for the opioid crisis: existing research and future potential

open access: yesThe Lancet: Digital Health, 2021
Summary: A need exists to accurately estimate overdose risk and improve understanding of how to deliver treatments and interventions in people with opioid use disorder in a way that reduces such risk.
Chrianna Bharat, BSc   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Erythrocytic Reduced/Oxidized Glutathione and Serum Thiol/Disulfide Homeostasis in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

open access: yes, 2023
Background: This study aimed to evaluate oxidative damage by measuring erythrocytic reduced/oxidized glutathione as an intracellular thiol pool and serum thiol/disulfide homeostasis as an extracellular thiol pool in patients with opioid use disorder ...
Almila Şenat   +9 more
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Wisdom of the CROUD:  Development and validation of a patient-level prediction model for opioid use disorder using population-level claims data.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
OBJECTIVE:Some patients who are given opioids for pain could develop opioid use disorder. If it was possible to identify patients who are at a higher risk of opioid use disorder, then clinicians could spend more time educating these patients about the ...
Jenna Marie Reps   +2 more
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Stimulant use disorder diagnosis and opioid agonist treatment dispensation following release from prison: a cohort study

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
Background Concurrent opioid and stimulant use is on the rise in North America. This increasing trend of use has been observed in the general population, and among people released from prison in British Columbia (BC), who face an elevated risk of ...
Heather Palis   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Co-prevalence of Substance Use Disorders and Common AxisⅠDisorders in Yunnan's Drug Users [PDF]

open access: yesZhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background Mental disorders in drug users have received increasing attention. However, there are no any epidemiologic data available in regard to substance use disorders (SUD) and other mental disorders in drug users in Yunnan, one region that is hit ...
ZHANG Guanbai, ZHENG Ling, YANG Liping, ZHOU Qin, WANG Fei, HE Liangze, CHENG Xuan, CHA Li, LI Xinyue
doaj   +1 more source

Methadone for Opioid Use Treatment during Pregnancy: Trends in Postpartum Dose Adjustments

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2020
Objective This study examines methadone dose adjustment postpartum. Methods A retrospective study of women with methadone for opioid use treatment (OUT) during pregnancy was performed.
Clara Ward, Carl W. Christensen
doaj   +1 more source

Hospitalist perspectives on buprenorphine treatment for inpatients with opioid use disorder

open access: yesDrug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) have high hospital admission rates. Hospitalists, clinicians that work in inpatient medical settings, may have a unique opportunity to intervene on behalf of these patients, yet their experience with ...
Megan K Reed   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comorbid opioid use is undertreated among forensic patients with schizophrenia

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2018
Background Substance use disorders are associated with poorer clinical outcomes in patients with schizophrenia. There is no specific treatment for amphetamine or cannabis use disorder, but methadone and buprenorphine are used as replacement therapy in ...
Kristiina Kivimies   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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